Economy & Jobs
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Strickland Secures New Clean Water Source for Squaxin Island Tribe
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $1,800,000 for Squaxin Island Tribe’s new water source for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. This timely and critical water access project will connect to their existing water system and help better serve the Tribe. With this round of federal funding, the final engineering and…
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Strickland, Cantwell, Inslee Visit I-5 Nisqually River Bridge Project
Olympia, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Maria Cantwell, and Governor Jay Inslee, and received a tour of the I-5 Nisqually River bridge project on Monday, April 11, 2022. The tour was hosted by the Nisqually Indian Tribe. Following the tour, Strickland, Cantwell, and Inslee joined a roundtable conversation with other local elected leaders…
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Strickland Improves Accessibility for People with Disabilities In Tacoma
Lakewood, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $3,000,000 in federal funding for the City of Tacoma’s pedestrian accessibility improvements for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. With this funding, the City of Tacoma will be able to construct 400 curb ramps that have been requested by people with disabilities and where there…
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Strickland Votes to End Federal Prohibition of Cannabis
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) voted to pass the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act after leading a bipartisan letter calling on Congressional leadership to expeditiously consider the bill. The MORE Act ends the federal prohibition on marijuana and seeks justice for those whose lives have been ruined by marijuana-related charges. “To…
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Strickland Secures Wins for WA-10, Over $12 Million for South Sound Community Projects
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released the following statement after she secured $12.55 million for eight community projects to benefit the South Sound. Strickland’s local Community Project Funding (CPF) requests were signed into law by President Biden as part of H.R. 2471, the FY22 omnibus appropriations package. “I am grateful that President Biden…
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THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WORKED
BY REP. MARILYN STRICKLAND (D-WASH.) AND DEBBIE COX BULTAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS When schools began reopening in 2021 and the cost of childcare soared, Carolyn worried that she could not afford before and after-school childcare for her son in Washington state. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan’s child tax credit provision, Carolyn and millions of American families…
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STRICKLAND WELCOMES MAKIEDA HART AS VIRTUAL GUEST TO STATE OF THE UNION
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) announced that her Hometown Hero virtual guest to President Biden’s first State of the Union address will be Makieda Hart, owner of SGT Hart’s BBQ in Lacey, Washington. Hart also serves as a military spouse and mother. Hart is the founder of South Sound BIPOC, a free business…
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Strickland, Kilmer Lead Roundtable on Impact of 6PPD-Quinone on Coho Salmon
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, February 25, 2022, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Co-Chairs of the Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, led a roundtable discussion on the impact 6PPD-quinone, the toxic chemical from tires that is killing coho salmon in the Pacific Northwest. During the roundtable, Rep. Strickland, Rep. Kilmer, and stakeholders…
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Strickland, New Democrat Coalition Launch Inflation Working Group
Olympia, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), in conjunction with her New Democrat Coalition colleagues, helped launch the Coalition’s new working group to address inflation, free up supply chains, and lower costs for all Americans. The New Democrat Coalition is made up of more than 95 forward-thinking House Democrats who are committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and…
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Strickland Backs Cannabis Reform
Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) is making her support known for federal cannabis reform. This week her office issued a news release highlighting her role in leading 10 of her bi-partisan colleagues to sign a letter to Congressional leadership calling for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to be passed by Congress. The letter was sent to…